Suspension-hook.



No. 664,2l7. Patented Dec. 18, I900. G. A. JENOKE, O. A. HOMRIG 8. E. M. BLAINE.

SUSPENSION HOOK.

(Applicafiion filed Bay 11, 1900.) (In .ladal.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUS A. JENCKE, CHARLES A. HOMRIG, AND EUGENE M. BLAINE, OF'

CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,217, dated December 900- Application filed May 11,1900.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GUS A. JENOKE, CHA LES A. HOMRIG,and EUGENE M. BLAINE,

citizens of the United States, residing at Chi- V cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspension-Hooks; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,zwhich form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in suspension-hooks, and it is embodied in the construction hereinafter described, and defined in the claim.

The invention is designed m ore particularly for suspending articles, such as umbrellas and canes, in show-windows and display-cabinets. It may, however, be used in connection with various other articles and in any desired place.

The object of the invention is to provide a very efficient, inexpensive, and convenient suspending device which'will hold the articles to be suspended in a positive manner and which will be so constructed that the same can bequickly and easily applied or removed from the articles with which it is to be used.

In the accompanying drawings one form of the device is shown; but it is to be understood that various changes in form and shape can be made without departing from the nature and principle of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective View. Fig. 2 is an edge View. Fig. 3 is asimilar view showing a portion of an umbrella-stick in position, and Fig. 4 is a front view.

A designates a sheet-metal body having its upper end fashioned into a hook or suspending portion 13. The body portion is conveniently fiat and tapers somewhat, the wider portion being at the lower end, at which point the metal is offset obliquely, forming a securing portion C. The portion C has an open- Serial No. 16,345. (No model.)

ing 0 therein, conveniently circular in shape, and in diameter sufficient to permit the passage of the end of an umbrella-stick or cane.

D designates spring-arms struck up from the edges of the body, near the upper end thereof, there being one arm on each edge. These arms are oppositely arranged and extend outwardly, their free ends approaching and properly bent to permit the insertion of the free end of the stick therebetween by a lateral movement of the stick, which forces the arms apart.

In use the stick is inclined and inserted through the opening in the ofiset portion until its end is in a position to engage the arms. The stick is then brought to a position parallel with the body, which bends the ofiset from its normal oblique to substantially a horizontal position or a position at right angles to the body. In this position the spring of the metal tends to force the offset back to its normal position and in so doing catches the sides of the stick and firmly holds it in position. To prevent the stick from assuming the inclination of the offset, the end of the stick is forced between the spring-arms, which serve to hold the stick against the body, and thereby insuring the proper clutching action between the stickand offset. The hook is employed for the usual purpose.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A suspending-hook consisting of a singlepiece flat tapered metal strip having arms struck up from the sides thereof and bent to approach each other to form clamps, the upper narrow end of the strip being bent into a hook and the wide lower end being bent obliquely outward and formed with an aperture, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GUS A. JENCKE. CHAS. A. HOMRIG. EUGENE M. BLAINE. Witnesses:

HARRY BARRETT, P. O. CURTIS. 

